The Delegation of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) in Maputo City registered 1037 companies and 4293 workers.

The INSS plan was to enroll 1024 companies and 2053 workers, but it was possible to exceed the established threshold thanks to the awareness-raising work carried out in the last two years, as well as the forgiveness of fines, in the case of debt collection.

Regarding the companies' debt, the INSS expected to get just over 67 million, but collected 271 million, a recovery of more than 300 percent.

The INSS delegate in Maputo City, Rui Guimarães, said that one of the INSS challenges was to cover the largest possible number of self-employed workers who have limitations to their registration, due to insufficient requirements, including identification documents.

"Even so, we managed to exceed the enrollment goal, because we expected to cover 312 workers, but we enrolled 328, as a result of the awareness campaigns carried out door-to-door and in population clusters where this group is found," he explained.

He added that there is work being done to reach people without identification, but they can also contact the INSS for support on how to enroll.

"The biggest desafio is to keep the self-employed paying, because there are cases where, for some reason, they change activities or find themselves unable to continue contributing. That's why we have a sector that keeps track of the beneficiaries and tries to find out why they stopped paying," he said.